To coincide with our exhibition Viewfinder: Photography from the 1970s to Now, we partnered with PhotoAccess ACT for a special school holiday workshop.

*Booked out* Celebrate your love of stories this school holidays. In this session, participants will explore Library spaces designed for sharing stories, including the Wangka Wakanutja exhibition and the Kids’ Corner in the Main Reading Room.

We screened the original 1995 Jumanji film in our Theatre for families to enjoy watching (or re-watching).

Children aged 8 to 15 years of age were invited to join artKids for a comic drawing workshop during the school holidays.

We learnt about the features, habitat and behaviours of some truly peculiar Australian animals in this interactive online learning session.

We held the third illustrated Shakespeare lecture and discovered the objects and stories that reveal how Shakespeare made landfall in Australia.  

See Dr Kate Flaherty and actors from Bell Shakespeare explore the link between the books that inspired Shakespeare and Shakespeare's own work.

Hear Oxford academic Professor Emma Smith, the world’s leading Shakespeare scholar, discuss Shakespeare’s First Folio as part of its 400 year anniversary.

Where are the women in the story of Australia? Our partnership with She Shapes History brings an exciting event series exploring the often-under-recognised women’s stories in Australia’s history. 

John Shortis presented his 2024 National Folk Fellowship research into Australian protest songs.